Summoning the old dances at last weekend's tribal friendship dance.

By Joe O'Sullivan

Bells on leather straps around ankles. Metal trinkets hung from dresses and pant legs. On one man’s outfit, bullet shells in place of bells. The metallic melodies heat up — clink clink clink — as the dancers’ feet begin to step and stomp.

Bio-Luminesce is fueled by a sustainable fire.

By Carrie Scozzaro

Fire. That’s what separates Bio-Luminesce from other performance-art troupes. The group features dance, spoken word, comedy — yes. But also sexy, mesmerizing, dangerous fire. Blazing forms spun at lightning speed, flickering along staffs twirled high in the air, spilling from fingertips as if by magic.